November 10, 1897.]
The death of Mr. J. B. Grimes from paralysis of the heart is recorded in the Bangkok Times of the 21st October. The deceased was well known in Hongkong, where he was, up to about two years ago, one of the most accomplished and at the same time most popular oarsmen in the colony. He was one of the Irish crew which won the International contest at the V. R. C. Regatta in 1894, and his death at the age of twenty-seven will cause much regret iu sporting circles here.
Mr. J. H. Logan, preventive officer of the Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Company. saw a Chinaman, on the 3rd instant, going on board the s. 8. Futshan carrying a jar. The movements of the Chinaman were rather suspicious, and Mr. Logan asked him what was in the jar. The reply was, "Cakes." On being opened, it was found to contain dynamite with a layer of cakes on the top. The delinquent was on 4th Nov. fined $75 with the alternative of six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Mr. Justice Leach lost a pair of binoculars on Sunday evening. He reported the matter instantly to the Police Saying that he thought they might have been forgotten in a chair he had taken from the tramway terminus at the Peak. A Chinese constable went into the chair coolies' boarding house there and promised the coolie who should produce the binoculars a reward. They were produced and the unfor tunate coolie was at once arrested.. At the Magistracy on Monday the binoculars were returned to Mr. Justice Leach, the chair coolie was discharged, and the Chinese Constable severely rebuked for promising the coolie a | reward.
On 4th Nov. at 12.50 p.m.. as the steam-launch Elsie, belonging to Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co., was leaving the steamer Zafiro, she was run into by the ferry launch Morning Star, and the damages she sustained were of so serioas nature that in spite of the gllant efforts made to beach ber, she sank when about 40 yards off The chit system in its relation to Thomas's the shore. opposite Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Grill Rooms again cropped up at the Supreme Co.'s premises. Fortunately no lives were lost. Court on 5tb iust., when another action was men-Op Monday Hon. Commander Rumsey, Har- tioned. In the first case a settlement had been arrived at and in the case brought forward yes- terday Mr. Holmes applied for an adjournment as a settlement was probable. Mr. Justice Wise said he had remarked on the system of signing chits for drinks in a house which had only an adjunct licence simply to let the police know what was going on. He had seen from the papers that the proprietor of the Grill Rooms was applying for a publican's licence. The case was therefore adjourned.
The drain which promoted such a delightful game of hide and seek for purblind Government officials was a blessing in disguise. If it had not been discovered-somebody said invented by the public we should all have been blissfully ignorant of the whited sepuleurs embodied in the form of the new Prayn, but now that there is no doubt that the choked-up unknown drain did exist it is likely, thanks, we understand, to our new Director of ublic Works, that the whole of the Praya will undergo a thorough overhaul. Should the search end in other pudding bag drain being unearthed the public may, we think, rest assured that the nuisances will be promptly removed.
On 5th November a court martial was held on the Victor Emanuel, the accused being Montague A. Penfold, assistant paymaster in charge of H.M.S. Humber. He was charged with misappropriating public money to the amount of about £30. The Court was com- posed of Captain Clarke, H.M.S. Undaunted President), Commander Sparks. H. M. S. Linnet, Commander Kingsmill, H M. 3. Archer, Commander Henderson. H.M.S. Tomar, and Tamar. Mr. Commander Taylor, H.M.S.
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Lawford, the Commodore's Secretary, Judge Advocate, and the prisoner's friend was Mr. Wallace, assistant paymaster. The charge was proved and the prisoner was sentenced to lose eighteen months' seniority and to be dismissed his ship.
Recommendations made by the Wongneichong Recreation Ground Committee and a new set of regulations made by the Governor in Council - for the management of the ground are published in the Gazette. The Hongkong Football Club is to have a new ground within the extension and is to have the sole use of it. It is recom. mended that a cinder running track be formed by the Government round this football ground,
the track to be available on such days as may be arranged with the Football Club. No bicyc- ling is to be allowed on the running track except on the occasion of club sports; in fact bicycle riding, like pony riding, is prohibited on the whole of the Recreation Ground. There was talk some time ago of forming a bicycle track, and a petition on the subject was prepared, but bicyclists not being an organised body their terests have apparently not been considered by the Committee. It is recommended that the Ladies' Golf Club be accorded permission to erect a mat-shed on the ground. It is under- stood by the Committee that the Ladies' Club has permission to play over the course of The Royal Hongkong Golf Club during certain parts of the day; the area is too restricted to ad- mit of the laying out of two golf courses within it. The Committee recommends that an ap- plication by the Kowloon Football Club, the nature of whioli is not stated, be refused.
bour Master, held an inquiry at the Harbour Office concerning the collision. The evidence showed that the accident occurred through an error of judgment on the part of the master of the Elsie in giving way to No. 1 Dock launch, and his certificate was suspended for two months, while the master of the Morning Star also had his certificate suspended for a like period for not displaying better seamanship.
Two women named Chan Hi and Wong Mui were brought before Hon. H. E. Wodehouse
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3rd Nov. charged with being in pos. session of one revolver and 1,160 rounds of am- munition without a licence. They were seen by a watchman trying to convey the articles on board the steamer Honam, and were arrested by him. P.C. Leung Ping Chok, who was also present, wished to secure the credit of the seizure to himself, and told the Magistrate yester- day a cock and bull story which failed to stand the test of a close examination, and the Magis- trate gave him a severe rabuke. The women, on being asked what they had to say, replied with tears in their eyes that they had been sent by the elders of their village to get arms and ammunition from Hongkong for a fight be- tween their village and another village. They had been threatened that if they did not return with weapons they would be banished. The Magistrate fined each of them $50 or in default six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. The revolver aud cartridges were ordered to be con. fiscated.
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According to the Nuyasuka Press a telegram from Bakan states that the Yedo Maru has been in collision with the German steamer Gerda,
while the latter was at anchor. The Gerda was slightly damaged, but she will repair and pro- ceed, to ber destination.
Hankow has lost its oldest resident by the death of Mr. M. A. Jenkins, who expired at that port on the 20th of October. Mr. Jenkins Consulate for thirty-one years, and was besides had been Interpreter at the United States engaged in mercantile business, having agencies at Icbang and Chungking. The father of Mr. M. A. Jenkins was a well-known missionary in the very early days of Shanghai, where he established a printing press, and the son, who was born in South Carolina, came out with his father and studied Chinese at Shanghai, bat took advantage of Hankow being opened in 1861 to establish himself in business there, and that port has been his constant place of re- sidence ever since. The remains were interred in the cemetery at Hankow, a large number of the late Mr. Jenkins' friends being present on the occasion.-N. C .Daily News.
The earthquake at Sandakan on 21st Sept. was, as most people surmised (says the British North Borneo Herald), but the distant effect of Sula a far more terrible disturbance elsewhere.
appears to have been the fons et origo of the seismic wave. Zamboangan, the penal settle- ment of Mindanao, but a well-laid-out town with stone and brick buildings, has been levelled to the ground, with, happily, slight loss of life. Port Isabella, however, the Spanish Naval Station, has fared much worse. A tidal wave estimated as 35 feet high above the sea level, swept over the devoted settlement and besides
At the Police Court on Saturday, Ip Young, an interpreter in the employ of the Sanitary Board, was charged with obtaining money by false pretences. According to the evidence for the prosecution, some time in March last Tong Shan, a stonecutter at Hunghom, and three others were served with notices to erect sties for their pigs. They did so, but the sties did not meet with the approval of the Inspector then in charge, and they had to be rebuil1, but with no better result. Tong Shan then went to the defendant and asked him why the Inspec- tor was dissatisfied with the sties. Ip Young told him he ought to make the Inspector a pre- sent. The stonecutter bought about $6 worth of capons, eggs, and other eatables and asked defendant to give them to the Inspector. He was told he ought also to buy a bottle of whisky He gave the interpreter 81, and when the whisky was bought they proceeded together to the In. spector's house, but the gifts were not accepted, and they were then taken to defendant's house. The defendant told the stonecutter to bring him $10 for the Inspector and he would then arrange to have the matter properly settled. The money was brought, but nothing was done. The defendant after a while told Tong Shan that a further sum of 86 was required. The stonecutter handed over the money, but not be. fore he had pawned a jacket to raise his share of the money. When Inspector Macdonald took over the district and summoned the pig Shanghai and Hankow keepers for not having a licence the transaction leaked out. The case was remanded till to- day, bail being allowed in two sureties of $250 each.
demolishing houses, cracking the walls of forts, etc., caused the deaths of a large number of persons, but we have as yet no definite accounts of the actual loss. It would be convenient for North Borneo if the Sulu Archipelago could be moved a few hundred miles eastward.
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TEA EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO GREAT BRITAIN.
1897-98 1896-97
lbs.
lbɛ. 4,919,452 4,971,010 11,366,685
Canion and Marno ..........................
Foochow
Amoy.......
11,.8.203
591,7.9
28,066 101
16.200,152 11,953,589
521,603
33,626,356
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lb?..
Shanghai and Hankow.....19,424,500
1800-97
lbs. 22,049,123
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